Civil Rights and Title IX

Cheryl Brown
Title IX Coordinator
Learning Resource Center, L-138
245 NE 30 Rd
Great Bend, KS 67530
(620) 786-7441
Fax: (620) 786-1185
brownc@bartonccc.edu 
titleix@bartonccc.edu

Angie Maddy Title IX Deputy Coordinator
Vice President of Student Services 
Learning Resource Center, L-137
245 NE 30 Road
Great Bend, KS 67530 
(620) 792-9322, ext. 322
maddya@bartonccc.edu

Jenna Hoffman
Title IX Deputy Coordinator
Director of Human Resources
Kirkman Building, P-116B
245 NE 30 Road
Great Bend, KS 67530
(620) 792-9275, ext. 275
hoffmanj@bartonccc.edu 

Title IX Representatives

The following Representatives have graciously agreed to serve as intermediaries between their respective campuses and the Title IX office in Great Bend. It may be easier to report if you have someone familiar to assist you. Just know you can always contact the Title IX Coordinator or Deputy Coordinators directly.

Janet Balk
Fort Riley Title IX Representative
Academic Programs Building 211
P.O. Box 2463
Fort Riley, KS 66442
(785) 784-6606 ex. 762
balkj@bartonccc.edu

Lindsay Holmes
Grandview Plaza Title IX Representative
Program Director
100 Continental Drive
Grandview Plaza, KS 66441
(866) 452-1108
Toll Free: (785) 238-8550 ext. 743
holmesl@bartonccc.edu

Erika Jenkins-Moss
Fort Leavenworth Title IX Representative
Director of Learning Services
Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027
(785) 784-6606 ext. 772
mosse@bartonccc.edu 

External inquiries may be made to:
Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
Customer Service Hotline Number: (800) 421-3481
Facsimile: (202) 453-6012
TDD#: (877) 521-2172
Department of Education Title IX Webpage 
OCR@ed.gov
www.ed.gov/ocr 

How to File a Complaint with the Office for Civil Rights 

Local OCR office contact information:
Kansas City Office Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
One Petticoat Lane
1010 Walnut Street, 3rd floor, Suite 320
Kansas City, MO 64106
(816) 268-0550
Fax: (816) 268-0599
TDD: (800) 877-8339
OCR.KansasCity@ed.gov

For sites other than Kansas, visit the Federal Office of Civil Rights website.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 

Consent goes to the heart of Title IX violations and violations of Barton policy.

Remember the Title IX formula: sex - consent = rape/sexual assault.

Consent is defined as follows:

• knowing, and
• voluntary, and
• clear permission
• by word or action
• to engage in sexual activity.

Learn more:

What is the difference between sexual assault, consent and sexual harassment?

View the videos below on what consent means:

• What is Consent  
• USC Mandates Sex Training for "Affirmative Consent" 
• Consent Explained: What Is It? 

It is also important to understand what is NOT consent:

• Sex Education: Coercion Is Not Consent 
• Coercive Sex is NOT Consensual Sex! 
• Enthusiastic Consent! 

Video Resources:

What Is Sexual Assault?

What Is Sexual Harassment? 

Sexual Abuse Can Happen to Anyone 

What is the difference between sexual assault, consent and sexual harassment? 

How Do You Know If Someone Wants to Have Sex With You 

When Someone Doesn’t Want to Have Sex: What is Consent?  

It’s Illogical: The Wedding Caterer 

It’s Illogical: The Hardware Store 

It’s Illogical: The Art Gallery  

If a Robbery Report Was Treated Like a Rape 

Surviving Rape

Other Policies

Student Code of Conduct 
Student Handbook 
Barton’s Housing Handbook 

What happens after a report is made? 

• The Title IX Coordinator will attempt to interview the complainant (the person who was allegedly harmed)
• Supportive measures will be offered to the complainant
• The complainant can choose to file a formal complaint, which may start an investigation.
• Notice of Investigation and Allegations will be sent to all parties, and an investigation will begin.
  • Barton is required to dismiss a formal complaint in some circumstances.
  • Barton may dismiss a formal complaint in other circumstances.           
• Under Process A, the parties can agree to Informal Resolution (IR), if appropriate.
• Barton will hire an independent mediator to meet with the parties to arrive at a written resolution.
• IR is appropriate when the Respondent accepts some degree of responsibility for causing the harm.
• IR is 100% voluntary, and either party can opt out of IR at any time prior to signing a written resolution agreement.
• If either or both parties opt out before resolution, the investigation and hearing will continue.
• The parties get one try only at IR. 

Barton has two separate processes to administer Title IX and other Civil Rights equity complaints.

Process A (begins p. 27)

Process B (begins p. 68)

This is the process required by the Department of Education in new rules effective August 14, 2020, in cases of sexual harassment involving:

• Process A applies only to qualifying allegations of sexual harassment, including
  • unwelcome conduct constituting sexual harassment
  • sexual assault,
  • dating violence,
  • domestic violence, and
  • stalking, as defined above)
  • involving students, staff, administrator, or faculty members.

Under Process A, the parties can choose Informal Resolution (IR), if appropriate.

• Barton will hire an independent mediator to meet with the parties to arrive at a written resolution.
• IR is appropriate when the Respondent accepts some degree of responsibility for causing the harm.
• IR is 100% voluntary, and either party can opt out of IR at any time prior to signing a written resolution agreement.
• If either or both parties opt out before resolution, the investigation and hearing will continue.

Process B:

• Process B applies to the remainder of Title IX and Civil Rights allegations, such as discrimination based on race, age, pregnancy, etc.  The remainder of Title IX includes, but is not limited to, the following:
  • Retaliation – especially if someone reported violations
  • Some forms of sexually-based bullying
  • The remainder of Title IX includes sexual exploitation, which can include:
    • Invasion of sexual privacy, and going beyond the bounds of consent (Example: secretly letting your friend hide in the closet and watch you having consensual sex with someone
    • Recording, photographing, sharing, or disseminating nude, sexual and/or private images without the consent of the other party(s)
    • Knowingly or recklessly exposing someone to or transmitting an STI/STD or HIV to another
    • Knowingly or recklessly exposing your genitals or inducing another to expose their genitals
    • Nonconsensual sexting—may be a felony under federal and/or state law.  If with a minor, sexting may be considered child pornography.
    • Voyeurism—non-consensually watching private or intimate acts of another
    • Sex trafficking or prostituting another

Students

All Barton students are offered Title IX training annually.  Some students on the Great Bend campus are required to complete Title IX training.  These include athletes, housing residents, student employees, student performers, and scholarship recipients.

Employees

Every employees is required to complete Title IX training annually.  Also, except for the nurse and mental health counselor, every employee is a mandatory reporter

Title IX Team Training

Effective August 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education issued new regulations which can be found at 34 CFR Part 106.4(b)(10).  Among these is the requirement that each school post copies of materials used to train those people who are part of the Title IX process.  Barton will comply as those trainings occur on or after August 14, 2020.  Barton’s investigators and Title IX Coordinator and Deputy Coordinators have received training from Atixa prior to August 14, 2020.

Title IX Coordinator

• Title IX Hearing Officer and Decision-Maker Training and Certification Course, July, 2020
• OCR Webinar on Due Process Protections Under the New Title IX Regulations 
• OCR Webinar on Conducting and Adjudicating Title IX Hearings 
• OCR Webinar on Title IX Regulations Addressing Sexual Harassment 
• OCR 100:  An Introduction to Federal Rights Protections in Education 
• OCR Short Webinar on How to Report Sexual Harassment under Title IX 
• Atixa Webinar on Hearing Panels and Decision-Makers 
• Conducting Climate Investigations, Dan Schorr 

Supportive Measures Under Policy 1132

• Barton will offer and implement appropriate and reasonable supportive measures to the parties upon notice of alleged harassment, discrimination, and/or retaliation.
  • Supportive measures are non-disciplinary, non-punitive, individualized services offered as appropriate, as reasonably available, and without fee or charge to the parties. These are meant to restore or preserve access to Barton’s education program or activity, including measures designed to protect the safety of all parties or Barton’s educational environment, and/or deter harassment, discrimination, and/or retaliation.
  • The Title IX Coordinator promptly makes supportive measures available to the parties upon receiving notice or a complaint.
  • At the time that supportive measures are offered, Barton will inform the Complainant, in writing, that they may file a formal complaint with Barton either at that time or in the future, if they have not done so already.
  • The Title IX Coordinator works with the Complainant to ensure that their wishes are taken into account with respect to the supportive measures that are planned and implemented.
• Barton will maintain the privacy of the supportive measures as much as possible, as long as privacy does not impair Barton’s ability to provide the supportive measures.
  •  Barton will act to ensure as minimal an academic/occupational impact on the parties as possible.
  • Barton will implement measures in a way that does not unreasonably burden the other party.
•  These actions may include, but are not limited to:
  • Referral to counseling, medical, and/or other healthcare services
  • Referral to community-based service providers
  • Student financial aid counseling
  • Education to the institutional community or community subgroup(s)
  • Altering campus housing assignment(s)
  • Altering work arrangements for employees and student-employees
  • Safety planning
  • Providing campus safety escorts
  • Implementing contact limitations (no contact orders) between the parties
  • Academic support, extensions of deadlines, or other course/program-related adjustments
  • Trespass, Persona Non Grata (PNG), or Be-On-the-Lookout (BOLO) orders
  • Timely Warnings
  • Class schedule modifications, withdrawals, or leaves of absence
  • Increased security and monitoring of certain areas of the campus June 2020 version.
  • Any other actions deemed appropriate by the Title IX Coordinator

Barton Campus Resources

• Title IX Coordinator, Cheryl Brown - (620) 786-7441
• Campus Safety Officers - (620) 792-9217
• Mental Health Counselor - (620) 792-9295
• Nurse’s Office - (620) 792-9233
• Office of Student Affairs - (620) 792-9226                                  

Community Resources – Barton County Campus

Barton County Health Department
1300 Kansas Avenue
Great Bend, KS 67530
(620) 793-1902
Family Planning and Birth Control (sliding fee scale), STD and HIV tests, blood tests, immunizations, smoking cessation, and much more
Monday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Wednesday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
www.bartoncounty.org

University of Kansas Health Systems
Emergency and Medical Services                                          
514 Cleveland Street
Great Bend, Kansas
(620) 792-8833
Emergency Room and Hospital Services
Open 24/7
www.gbregional.com

Clara Barton Medical Center
Hospital, Emergency, Outpatient and Medical Services
250 W. 9th Street
Hoisington KS 67544
(620) 653-2114
www.clarabartonhospital.com       

Clara Barton Medical Clinic
906 McKinley
Great Bend, KS 67530
(620) 793-6990
Monday-Friday: 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
clarabartonhospital.com/cbmc-great-bend         

Xpress Wellness Urgent Care
3800 10th Street
Great Bend, KS 67530
(620) 603-4216
Urgent Care, and Primary Care and Family Medicine:
Monday-Saturday: 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday: 1 p.m.-7 p.m.
xpresswellnessurgentcare.com/locations/great-bend-ks    

St. Rose Convenient Care
3515 Broadway Avenue
Great Bend KS 97530
(620) 792-2511
Monday-Friday: 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Holidays: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Walk-in for a Full Range of Health Conditions
www.gbregional.com/st-rose-convenient-care  

Heart of Kansas
1905 19th Street
Great Bend, Kansas
(620) 792-5700
Sliding scale services:  Medical, Dental, Behavioral, and Vouchers for other specialty services
Dental: (620) 603-6838
www.heartofkansas.com

Family Crisis Center
1924 Broadway Avenue
Great Bend, Kansas
(620) 792-1885
(866) 792-1885
www.familycrisiscntr.org

Drug and Alcohol Abuse
DREAM, Inc.
(620) 792-5152

Counseling for All General Mental Health Concerns

The Center for Counseling & 24/7 Crisis Care
(620) 792-2544
www.thecentergb.org

Avenues for Change
(620) 796-2206
809 S Patton Rd.
Great Bend, KS 67530
www.avenuesforchange.org

Heart of Kansas Family Health
1905 19th St.
Great Bend, KS 67530
(620) 792-5700
heartofkansas.com

Mental Health Resources

These can change quickly, so it is best to google “Mental Health Resources Great Bend KS” or speak to Barton’s Mental Health Counselor for others for recommendations.

Resources – Fort Riley

Barton Fort Riley Campus Title IX Office
Janet Balk
Fort Riley Title IX Representative
Academic Programs Building 211, P.O. Box 2463
Fort Riley, KS 66442-0463
(785) 784-6606 ex. 762
balkj@bartonccc.edu

Fort Riley Crisis Center
(800) 727-2785

SHARP 24/7 Hotline
(785) 307-9338

SHARP Office
(785) 239-2277
(785) 239-3379

Resources – Grandview Plaza and Junction City

Barton Grandview Plaza Campus Title IX Office
Lindsay Holmes, Title IX Representative
Program Director
100 Continental Drive
Grandview Plaza, KS 66441
(866) 452-1108
Toll Free: (785) 238-8550 ext. 743
holmesl@bartonccc.edu

Pawnee Mental Health Services
814 Caroline Avenue
Junction City, Kansas
(785) 762-5250
www.pawnee.org

Family Care Centre of Junction City
132 Eisenhower Drive
Junction City, Kansas
(785) 762-4210
familycarecenterjc.com

Geary Community Hospital
1102 St. Mary’s Road
Junction City, Kansas
(785) 238-4131
gearycommunityhospital.org

The Crisis Center
(785) 539-2785 - Manhattan
(785) 762-8835 - Junction City
(800) 727-2785 - Other Areas
www.thecrisiscenterinc.org

Resources – Fort Leavenworth

Barton Fort Leavenworth Campus Title IX Office
Erika Jenkins-Moss, Title IX Representative
Director of Learning Services
Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027
(785) 784-6606 ext. 772
mosse@bartonccc.edu

SARC 24/7 Hotline
(913) 683-144

St. John Hospital
3500 S. 4th Street
Leavenworth, Kansas
(913) 680-6000
www.stjohnleavenworth.com

Saint Luke’s Primary Care – Cushing 
1001 6th Ave Cushing Medical Plaza Suite 320
Leavenworth, KS 66048 
Phone: (913) 651-6565
Fax: (913) 772-8806
www.saintlukeskc.org

The Guidance Center
500 Limit Street
Leavenworth, Kansas
(913) 682-5118
www.theguidance-ctr.org

Alliance Against Family Violence (Unaccredited)
City: Leavenworth, Kansas
Counties Served: Leavenworth
Services: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Crisis Hotline Number: (913) 675-7217
www.aafvks.org 

For all Kansas Sexual and Domestic Violence Service Providers:
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
www.kcsdv.org 

Resources – State and National

Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
(888) 363-2287
www.kcsdv.org

RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network)
(800) 656-HOPE (4673)
rainn.org

Kansas Legal Services
(800) 723-6953
www.kansaslegalservices.org 

For male survivors of sexual abuse:
malesurvivor.org 

For LGBTQ survivors of domestic violence:

LGBTQ Survivors of Sexual Violence

Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Fact Sheet on Supporting Intersex Students, October 2021: Supporting Intersex Students: A Resource for Students, Families, and Educators 

U.S. Department of Education Resources for LGBTQ+ Students - The Department of Education has stated that its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will enforce Title IX to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, in light of Bostock v. Clayton County.

Sharing Your Pronouns      

LGBTQ Inclusion at Work (source: University of Maryland)

• You are entitled to temporary disability reasonable accommodations as a result of temporary diagnosed medical conditions of your pregnancy.
• Documentation from your medical provider is required.
• Accommodations might include, but are not limited to, academic adjustments, special services, the right to excused absence or leaves of absence when medically necessary, the ability to make up missed work, and the right to be protected from pregnancy harassment, and special seating to accommodate pregnancy.
• If, for example, you are put on bed rest for the two months prior to delivery, you may need to take a leave of absence unless the faculty are able to accommodate remote learning for all courses during that time period without a fundamental course alteration or an undue hardship.   Disability services staff would need to work on this with you and the faculty. The student who takes the leave of absence must be allowed to return to the institution at the same place they left off without academic or financial penalty. That can be accomplished a variety of different ways depending upon the academic program and point in the term when the leave takes place.
• To request temporary medical academic accommodations or adjustments due to medically diagnosed conditions of pregnancy, please contact Barton’s Disability Services.
• If you have a complaint about accommodations, please contact Cheryl Brown, the Title IX Coordinator at titleix@bartonccc.edu or (620) 786-7441
• Complaints are resolved in accordance with Barton’s Civil Rights Equity Policy, using Process B. 
• Review Barton’s grievance procedure for students to file complaints of sex discrimination, including pregnancy-related complaints.

For more information, pregnant students can also visit:                  

• The Pregnant Scholar  
• U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Pregnancy Fact Resource of October 2022 
• U.S. Department of Education Publication: Supporting the Academic Success of Pregnant and Parenting Students 

If you (student or employee) require a lactation room in which to nurse or pump, please contact disabilityservices@bartonccc.edu or Cheryl Brown at (620) 786-7441.

Pregnant Employees are covered by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act beginning June 27, 2023, and by Title IX

• Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)      
• Implemented and enforced by the EEOC. If an applicant or employee believes they have been denied a reasonable accommodation for pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, they can contact Barton’s Title IX Coordinator, or the agency at 800-669-4000 (ASL videophone 844-234-5122), or visit the website for more information on how to file a charge of discrimination.
• What You Should Know About the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act 
• Know Your Rights Video 
• Tips for Asking for Reasonable Accommodations 
• Pregnant employees should contact Human Resources Director Jenna Hoffman at hoffmanj@bartoncc.edu.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has an office on Women’s Health. Visit WomensHealth.gov for resources for Nursing Moms at Work.

Title IX requires gender equity in athletics. 

• This means Barton must provide equal athletic opportunities for members of both sexes, and provide them equal benefits, opportunities and treatment. This includes equipment and supplies, game and practice times, travel allowances, coaching, locker rooms, assignment and compensation of coaches, practice and competitive facilities, and publicity.
• Barton must provide information annually to the federal government about all of these areas. Check out the Equity in Athletics Data Analysis for more information. 

Barton must provide information annually to the federal government about all of these areas. Check out the Equity in Athletics Data Analysis for more information.